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good "modern" glue for fletching wrapping?

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blades7558:
im doing 2 dozen arrows for a friend of mine and he having seen my sticky fingered anger on humid days has asked if i could use a better glue than hide glue to wrap his arrows with. im thinking about using string serving to wrap with but im not sure what would be a good glue to soak into the string. any suggestions?

Pat B:
You can use TBIII, super glue, Duco or epoxy to seal wraps. Even with sinew these glues work. I generally use sinew, art sinew or silk thread for wraps and have used all the above glues with good results.

El Destructo:
I second what Pat said...but I prefer to use either Super Glue...or TiteBond myself....if and only if I don't use Hide Glue.....jmo.

Marc St Louis:
This is not for a wrap but I have found that water base contact cement make for an incredible glue for fletching arrows, much better than the old contact cement.  Sticks like you wouldn't believe, just make sure everything is aligned before you touch the 2 together as they are a bugger to take apart after.  For a wrap I like Fish glue with a sealant, such as Tung oil, over-top

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: blades7558 on October 06, 2010, 12:46:39 pm ---im doing 2 dozen arrows for a friend of mine and he having seen my sticky fingered anger on humid days has asked if i could use a better glue than hide glue to wrap his arrows with. im thinking about using string serving to wrap with but im not sure what would be a good glue to soak into the string. any suggestions?

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I find that birch tar, like they used to use in the original wrappings, works great, not only to set the string, but also to adjust the fletching to helical when desired. I mfind it so much better than applications of modern chemical crap.

                                                                                  Erik

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